why YOUR maxima?

GTi-VR6_A3 rasied an interesting question.

why did you pick your maxima. what drew you to it?
What mods did you want to do to it and which have you done.

Well, what can I say. Im sure most of maximaniacs will agree to my reply.
1: I picked a MaXiMa because I really love the style of the body; looks FREAKING amazing.
2: This is one of the BEST sports sedans ever (in performance and style)
3: There are so many mods to do for the V6 engine, you wouldnt believe how many HPs and WHPs you can get out of the MaXiMa.
and finally 4: All riced out hondikes and slakuras think they could 0WN Maxima. I THINK NOT!!! Those idiots are as riced out themselves as their riced out POSs on wheels, and think their i4 will own V6. Well let me tell u this. I like owning ricers and I DO. Not gonna talk about hondikes and slakuras. Let me tell u only one last thing. 5 months ago, I was stock and raped Chevy Camaro Z-28 (late 80s) V8. That Guy followed me to my house and asked me what did i have in my baby. I said its stock. He almost ripped his hair out and left. I was laughing so hard, I almost pissed my pants. Well, hope this helps. Laterz

Originally posted by un4gvnbb
GTi-VR6_A3 rasied an interesting question.

why did you pick your maxima. what drew you to it?
What mods did you want to do to it and which have you done.

Because it was the best car for the money and I have owned Nissans before>3 Altimas and I like the performance, looks and reliability of the brand as a whole.
I test drove other cars that is supposed to be in the class with the Max, but you guys know that once you drive a Max, you don't go back.
I still would like to add a Turbo and a RSB, I think these are the only thing a Max need to make it more of a true performer.
Some may say add an intake, exhaust, FTSB or y-pipe, but the Turbo is where the real power is and the Max is already a great straight line performer>so it all boils down to being able to add true power and go fast in the curves as well as the straights.

i picked my max after weeks of deciding. i test drove an H22 prelude vtec, a 3000gt (n/a) and then the maxima. all 5 speeds i just picked the one that handled best, drove fastest, and had the most options. i ended up with a 95 se 5 speed with every option available on the gle for $8500. that will have been 2 years ago on jan 17th
plus i had a 200sx se-r 5 speed for my previous car and i loved that car so i knew a maxima was right

When was in High school I had a 94 Chevy Beretta that had ported heads, intake, chip, and exaust and I thought my baby was fast as hell, I beat alot of cars with that beretta, But I always lost to a Maxima, I raced a total of like 5 Maximas, as a matter of fact in 98 or 99 I saw Cheston ( I didn't know who he was at the time)on Wilshire blvd and he handed my ass to me. I freeway raced a solara in my beretta and pulled on him after pushing my car to the limit, but when I freeway raced what had to be a 94 SE and he pulled on me, I was like shit those Maximas are pretty quick. I had total resect for these cars after that freeway race that night. I then saved up for 3 months and bought a 95 GXE w/ only 46,000 miles for only $10,000. :D

those are pretty interesting stories. Keep'em comming. its good to know a little about the people in the max community

the max was my first car(im only17)my mom woke me up last summer one morning and said she had found a car for me so we went a looked at it and all and test drove it. i liked the speed for 1, it was a lot better than my step moms eagle summit that i was driving, sunroof, cruise, all the fun stuff that i didnt have on my last car. i had seen a few around where i live at that were pimped out a lil and liked wat thoes looked like, i jus figured at first that i wouldnt ever find one that i could actually pay for!!!!!!

Originally posted by DiS
Well, what can I say. Im sure most of maximaniacs will agree to my reply.
1: I picked a MaXiMa because I really love the style of the body; looks FREAKING amazing.
2: This is one of the BEST sports sedans ever (in performance and style)
3: There are so many mods to do for the V6 engine, you wouldnt believe how many HPs and WHPs you can get out of the MaXiMa.
and finally 4: All riced out hondikes and slakuras think they could 0WN Maxima. I THINK NOT!!! Those idiots are as riced out themselves as their riced out POSs on wheels, and think their i4 will own V6. Well let me tell u this. I like owning ricers and I DO. Not gonna talk about hondikes and slakuras. Let me tell u only one last thing. 5 months ago, I was stock and raped Chevy Camaro Z-28 (late 80s) V8. That Guy followed me to my house and asked me what did i have in my baby. I said its stock. He almost ripped his hair out and left. I was laughing so hard, I almost pissed my pants. Well, hope this helps. Laterz

Dis, I love that story, I guess you can say he got DISsed, haha.

try to be honest, you bought the max for the same reason I did, I couldn't afford an Acura NSX! Honda makes some sweet V-6 motors, not to take away from the VG--sweetest motor for the money!

Originally posted by n8tuner
try to be honest, you bought the max for the same reason I did, I couldn't afford an Acura NSX! Honda makes some sweet V-6 motors, not to take away from the VG--sweetest motor for the money!

I bought it for the reasons stated but honestly if I had the cheeze, I would've bought a TT Supra, faster and better looking than the boring, played out NSX. Not that the NSX is ugly, it just hasn't changed all that much and it isn't all that fast for the amount you pay for it.
You can get cars (stock) that are faster and priced lower than an NSX.
Besides with the Supra, you can add more mods and still be even more faster than an NSX, plus that Toyota engine in the Supra is damn near bulletproof.:licker:

You can do the same mods to the NSX that you can do on most rice burners, from CAI to supercharger, check out nsxhelp.com.
pretty sure the NSX is a little lighter than the supra, remember acceleration=force/mass.
Yeah, like I said, you would only get the supra if like me, you couldn't afford the NSX, and I would only get the NSX if I couldn't afford the Milano .
the best bang for the buck sounds like the WRX, but hell, I can't even afford that..

I picked my maxima cause It's so freakin' nice, and it has a powerful engine with LOTZ of HP, and LOTZ of HP to add...

and I wanted something that fucks Hondas and Camries, So it's THE MAXIMA.


MUAHAHAHAHAHA

i love my car but if i had the $$$ i'd have a gt-r34 vspec skyline chillin in the driveway. gotta learn to shift southpaw but it'd be worth it. i think i'd take a 300zx twin turbo over a supra. maybe not though, two awesome cars. the supra scorpion is definitely one of my favorites

I agree with you 100% , I would avoid toyotas, my experience with them is that they become oil burners--the VG motor is sweet and and hard to beat! oh, yeah gimmie the Skyline too!

at the time, it was the best car overall for it's price.

main dislikes are: FWD and no split folding rear seats.

Like your RX-7, gives us a bigger pic. I sold my RX-7 after I bought the talon tsi awd, I literally stepped off the cliff, I'll never forgive myself for that. There are a lot of nice riceburners, but as you know, the rotary makes push-rod/valvetrain motors obsolete, some day the rest of the world will figure that out. I'll get another RX-7 someday, and I'll always keep my max for the days I need a back seat, looking for a buyer for my talon--it's a babe magnet from the outside, but under the sheet-metal, it's a maintenance hog- some of the most ill-concieved machinery available.

hey n8,
are rotary engines known to have lower torque ratings than normal engines? I was thinking of getting a new rx-8 when i get a new car but i saw they only make 159 lbs of torque. but since the piston is spinning in a rotary engine and doesn't have as much resistance as a normal engine, less torque wouldn't matter right? i don't know much about rotary cars so i might have it all wrong.

i think anyone here would want a skyline gtr34. you've got to be nuts to pick the maxima over that. but the max does look sweet. honestly i think id pimp both around. one pimps as a crusier, the other pimps as it flies by

Originally posted by un4gvnbb
i think anyone here would want a skyline gtr34. you've got to be nuts to pick the maxima over that. but the max does look sweet. honestly i think id pimp both around. one pimps as a crusier, the other pimps as it flies by

Damn, unf4gvn, don't be so damn unforgiven, you just wanna murder them on both ends dont ya? I mean you get a Skyline and you murder them on or off the track and you get a Max and you murder them on the streets and the strip<where da honeys be at<haha.

n8tuner, I'd probably pick the Lancer EVO over the WRX, looks better and probably a little bit faster, maybe cheaper (although I don't know the price), anybody know how much the EVO is gonna cost when it drops???

i read an artice in autoweek on the evo 8 titled "The $30,000 rocket ship"

Originally posted by Paonessa
i read an artice in autoweek on the evo 8 titled "The $30,000 rocket ship"

30G's, that's it? I might have to go cop one of those, hey P did you see that new Grand Prix GTP Pontiac is supposed to be dropping?

I think it was 280hp/280tq and maybe all wheel or rwd, anyway I wonder if that will make it faster than the new Max.

yeah it's the new GTO.
they have them in Australia now they're called holdens. i'm pretty sure holden is Australia's Pontiac/GMC

they're gonna be awesome. it's a suped up version of the pontaic grand prix GTP. my friend has a 2000 gtp now and i used to beat him until he got a 3.55 or maybe it's just a 3" pulley for the supercharger. now he's makin like 16 lbs of boost. they are heavy cars

i would rather have the evo 8. if you buy an aftermarket intake exuast system and wastegate you can put out almost 400 hp. get a greddy turbo and it'll do backflips.
turbo cars get the best power rating from modifications

Originally posted by Paonessa
yeah it's the new GTO.
they have them in Australia now they're called holdens. i'm pretty sure holden is Australia's Pontiac/GMC

they're gonna be awesome. it's a suped up version of the pontaic grand prix GTP. my friend has a 2000 gtp now and i used to beat him until he got a 3.55 or maybe it's just a 3" pulley for the supercharger. now he's makin like 16 lbs of boost. they are heavy cars

i would rather have the evo 8. if you buy an aftermarket intake exuast system and wastegate you can put out almost 400 hp. get a greddy turbo and it'll do backflips.
turbo cars get the best power rating from modifications

I saw the holden on another forum, that thing was tight. Is it rwd or fwd? I like the GTP but they are heavy, they can roll from 0-60 but after that the weight starts to become a factor. That EVO 8 is gonna be a monster if they can keep that price at or around 30G's or so.
Nissan better start thinking of offering a TT or single Turbo with that Z if they wanna be able to compete with the sales the EVO is gonna get.

I've been hearing a lot of people say that they are gonna buy one of those, I think I would choose an EVO over the WRX based on looks alone. I hear they (Suburu) are supposed to be redefining the look of the WRX, you know anything about that.

Yeah, 400HP and an aftermarket Blow-off Valve>Psssssh!!!

the new subaru imprezza is called the sti. It's got the body kit from the old 2.5 rs turbo imprezza's. i like them better. it's got 267 hp instead of 227. the evo 8 got 276hp and 283 lbs torque.
i read nissan has plans to release an infiniti G35 sport coupe 6MT with a supercharger in 2005. i ddin't see anything about the 350Z though

Originally posted by Paonessa
the new subaru imprezza is called the sti. It's got the body kit from the old 2.5 rs turbo imprezza's. i like them better. it's got 267 hp instead of 227. the evo 8 got 276hp and 283 lbs torque.
i read nissan has plans to release an infiniti G35 sport coupe 6MT with a supercharger in 2005. i ddin't see anything about the 350Z though

Supercharger, besides a Turbo is everything I could want in a Max. I like the old Imprezza's look better than the WRX too, I think it's the big butt and the bug-eyed lights on the WRX that make it look odd.
It's not really ugly, it's just more odd, although they do tend to look a lil better in black.
I imagine though that if Nissan does decide to release an SC version of the G coupe that the same would be offered to the Z, they wouldn't want to usurp sales from the Z.
I mean think about it, who would want to buy a Z when you can get a SCG that IMO looks better and is more luxurious plus you get better service from Infiniti and the status quo to go with it.
Thanks for the info P.

Originally posted by n8tuner
You can do the same mods to the NSX that you can do on most rice burners, from CAI to supercharger, check out nsxhelp.com.
pretty sure the NSX is a little lighter than the supra, remember acceleration=force/mass.
Yeah, like I said, you would only get the supra if like me, you couldn't afford the NSX, and I would only get the NSX if I couldn't afford the Milano .
the best bang for the buck sounds like the WRX, but hell, I can't even afford that..

I was thinking on this one a lil bit and know that I've thought about it I wouldn't want to waste the extra money or time it will take to mod an NSX. I believe the base price on the car is already like 85G's or so, so by the time you finish modding, you may as well by a Ferrari.

This way you'll already have the power, it'll definitely look better, you still spent around the same or a lil more but you still get all the prestige that you inherent in the status quo of having a Ferrari.

Oh yeah, soon to dethrone ugly ass WRX in best bang for buck category will be the EVO. <30G's and looks to match.

an nsx is somewhere around $92,000
I would take a $47,000 ZO6 vette over an nsx. you could get 2 ZO6's for one NSX. it's just a status symbol

Originally posted by Paonessa
an nsx is somewhere around $92,000
I would take a $47,000 ZO6 vette over an nsx. you could get 2 ZO6's for one NSX. it's just a status symbol

See that's what I'm talking about 2 corvette's for the price of one played out NSX, besides the Vette is my dream car.
Droptop with Lingerfelter Turbo in all black baby, yeah.

Vettes are just 2 door impalas, really 2 big to be a sports car, (but way cute),would take the 350z (blue), or RX-8, if can't afford NSX. The EVO is out of the question, mitsu makes garbage motors--been there, suffered thru that, checkout dsm.org forum to see how the losers are struggling--constantly rebuilding motors, but checkout dsmtimes.org to check out their impressive track times--(172 mph))-of course you could make a yugo go that fast if you put enough cash into it.
BTW, the next vette you see, take a close look at the tires and notice the extremely uneven tread wear, indicative of poorly designed or executed suspension.

Originally posted by n8tuner
Vettes are just 2 door impalas, really 2 big to be a sports car, (but way cute),would take the 350z (blue), or RX-8, if can't afford NSX. The EVO is out of the question, mitsu makes garbage motors--been there, suffered thru that, checkout dsm.org forum to see how the losers are struggling--constantly rebuilding motors, but checkout dsmtimes.org to check out their impressive track times--(172 mph))-of course you could make a yugo go that fast if you put enough cash into it.
BTW, the next vette you see, take a close look at the tires and notice the extremely uneven tread wear, indicative of poorly designed or executed suspension.

Vette too big to be a sportscar, you must be smokin something, anyway on a recent TV MotorTrend Track test the Vette spanked every vehicle in it's class and some way above it (in terms of bang for the buck) in every category, 0-60, 1/4, slalom, braking, overall track time and top speed. Still too big to be a sportscar, that's nuts, anyway I believe you said that cause you are a lil RX-7 biased.
No harm meant on that, I like the RX-7 & 8 and 350Z as well, the Z can't compete with the vette, sure it costs less and maybe look better.
The RX-8 can compete with the vette but then again, there's no one in the market who will buy it at the price it cost, they figure they may as well get a vette.
And like P (Paonessa) said you can get 2 Z06's for the cost of a played out NSX but I tell you what you pay all that money for an NSX and an RX-8 and I'll take a Z06 with no mods and wax that @$$ any day of the week. Oh, and don't even bothering to mention the 350Z<unless you get some Turbos, you may as well not even bother.
Still think the Vette is too big to be a sportscar, just ask anybody who's ever raced one if it's a sportscar, they'll say it is especially while there eating all the exhaust fumes trying to choke out a reply.

OK, I accaept your challenge, your vette against my RX-7 or NSX, Mt Hamilton Road east of San Jose. round trip to the top and back, 38 miles. I'll lose you in the first 5 turns if you don't lose yourself off the side of the big hill trying to stay with me in the turns with that heavy hog vette. The RX-8 cranks 250 HP out of a tiny 1.3 liter motor, making the car substantially lighter, btw 1.3 liter is about the size of an older vette window motor. Ditto for the NSX, with it's small v6.


I'll just let you know when I get the car, this could take a few years.

Originally posted by n8tuner
OK, I accaept your challenge, your vette against my RX-7 or NSX, Mt Hamilton Road east of San Jose. round trip to the top and back, 38 miles. I'll lose you in the first 5 turns if you don't lose yourself off the side of the big hill trying to stay with me in the turns with that heavy hog vette. The RX-8 cranks 250 HP out of a tiny 1.3 liter motor, making the car substantially lighter, btw 1.3 liter is about the size of an older vette window motor. Ditto for the NSX, with it's small v6.


I'll just let you know when I get the car, this could take a few years.

Same here, I'll let you know when I get my Vette which will definitely take a few years. I guess you didn't read how well the Vette handled that race track, I believe the roadholding G's was at least 1.02 G's, I believe I can take you.
But be patient speedy, wait til we get the cars first, haha

yeah you're crazy.
the vette does the 1/4 mile 1 second slower than the new srt-10 viper and .5 sec slower 0-60

Race tracks are for wimps, I'm talking about a twisty mountain road with radical switchback hairpins. How many lateral G's you can pull at the track means little on real life uneven pavement, where a more sophisticated suspension comes into play-do the vettes still have leaf springs in the back?
The new vettes are cuter than the NSX for sure, esp. the black ragtop, my favorite vette.
Anyway, our wager is probably not in the near future but always a good idea to have a contigency plan in case you experience sudden wealth--it could happen!

The max i have is my first car (I'm 18) my dad bought it for me. I remember looking at it and the first thing I thought of was: Damn that car looks awesome! And then when I looked at the beauty that is the VG30E I was like damn that is huge! My father previously owned a 1990 300zx manual transmission. That car flew like no one's business:devil:
anyways, I'm glad that my dad got me my max because all I can do is think of what upgrades I can do to the car.
Question: there is a girl at my old high school that owns a 01 eclipse gs
can a 3rd generation beat that?
I hope it can so I can wipe her boasting all over the floor and give her a pair of these:finger: when I'm done winning.

if you had an se i would say yes cuz i'm pretty sure they have 190 hp and 180-sumthin torque. the gxe has 160 hp. my dad has a 93 gxe he's always droolin over my 95 se.
my friend has a 90 300zx. when we raced i took him by 1/2 a car. then he got his S/C. i still think he shoulda got a turbo.

well of course, turbos rule!
as i recall the se have 190 pounds of torque. that's what i read when i searched for it in consumer guide.
so a stock 93 gxe can't beat a 01 eclipse gs? don't they have 4 cylinders?

i'm not too familiar with mitsubishi. i think they're pretty shitty cars in general. with exception for the 3000gt VR4 and evo VII and VIII coming out.
If it's the new body style, i know it has a 200 hp v6 offered. i'm not aware of any 4 bangers. if it's a 4 then you should bet money and smoke it.
are you 5 speed? cuz that'll make a world of difference

Sadly no, I have an automatic.
I wish I was a 5 speed but people tell me it's too much hassle and loads of cash to spend if you do change it. It would be better just getting it standard right off the bat.
but hey what can I do? so far my first upgrade to my car would be the intake.

I'm on my 2nd Max now (Had a 2000 SE auto) and always wanted the new 3.5 motor with 6-speed. I know the 5th gen have issues with paint and so fourth but I wanted a new car and didn't like the TL/CL Type-S cars and wanted something with alot of room and thats why I bought my current Max.

I know what you mean about the paint thing, my front bumper has more chips than a bag of lays.

As for the original thread topic, I decided on the maxima because it was the most car for the money at the time I was in the market, which was near the end of 1999. I still wouldn't trade it for anything, I absolutely love every aspect of the car (except the paint). the mods I have done so far are listed below. I have plans for a y-pipe and a high-flow cat when I start my new job. I'm probably gonna keep the exterior flashy stuff to a minimum, might get clear corner lamps someday.:p